Company Name: tastylive

As an Android Mobile Developer, you’ll be part of a team of engineers that builds out the technology that powers our retail brokerage
business and supports our other business initiatives. We care about the speed and stability of our back-end systems as much as we care about the customer-facing applications we build. Our architecture is consistently evolving as our business grows and we face different technical challenges, but always with a focus on practicality and performance.

You’ll work on existing mobile applications, taking on ownership of current features as well as lead new ones, and troubleshooting issues as they arise. Our mobile engineers work mostly in Swift and Kotlin, but Java is heavily used for shared logic.

What You'll Do:

• Work with and own the code base for our Android platforms.
• Write application code using Java and Kotlin.
• Maintain shared behavior logic written in Java.
• Improve the code quality of a large code base.
• Participate in full application lifecycle (concept, design, build, deploy, test, and release to the app store).
• Solve the type of challenging engineering problems that come with building a highly interactive trading experience.
• Collaborate with the backend development team to enhance our UI experience.
• Partner with our product, design, and QA teams to customize the trading experience for the Android platforms.

Who You Are:

• You’ve built complex applications for Android using Java or Kotlin.
• You’ve shipped Android applications to production.
• You have experience working with large code bases, managing a shared REST API library, and writing unit tests.
• You are able to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment to deliver well-designed, reusable, and high-quality code on time.
• Experience with Fastlane
• Experience building Android applications
• Experience with dependency management tools (Gradle/Maven)
• A passion for UI/UX design
• Cross-Platform experience a plus (iOS + Android)
• Experience trading equities, equity options, futures, or futures options a plus

Team Perks:

• Performance Bonuses
• Subsidized Engineering Training Program
• Stock Purchase Options
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Gym Membership Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Wellness & Mental Health Programs
• Charitable Donation Matching
• Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
• Daily catered lunch when in the office
• Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
• Dog-friendly office
• In-building gym
• CTA stop a block away, Shuttle to/from Metra
• Office located in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars

Our Company:

The tastytrade, Inc. family of companies empowers individual traders differently. Founded in 2011 as an online financial media network, tastylive is now affiliated with companies like a brokerage firm (tastytrade in 2017), a research lab (quiet foundation in 2018), and a magazine (luckbox in 2019). In 2021, London-based IG Group acquired tastytrade, Inc. and assigned it to lead business in North America. This combined team has years of experience like institutional brokers but also a passion for disrupting the entire trading industry.  
 
Our dream is simple: we want more people to find more success with a better trading experience. That’s why we’re investing heavily in the right people, technology, and media to make that happen in the US and across the globe.

The diversity of our offerings and the technology that powers them provide our engineers with exposure to a broad set of tools and the opportunity to dig deep into specific problems. 

We are an ideal environment for those who are self-motivated, engineering-focused, pragmatic, and who truly enjoy creating and operating large, highly available, and performant systems. Our team is lean at roughly 45 members, and we follow a management philosophy that values the autonomy of our engineers.

Location: We have two great offices in the West Loop of Chicago and are currently hybrid meaning we’d love to see your face a few days a week at either one!  

*This role can be fully remote or hybrid

tastytrade | IG NA
1000 W Fulton Market #220
Chicago, IL 60607 

*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!